Where does “ultralocal” come from?

ultralocal (English) comes from English local, from Middle English local, from Late Latin localis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

ultralocal (English): Whose properties are influenced by its immediate...

Definitions

  1. Whose properties are influenced by its immediate...

Ancestry of “ultralocal”, step by step

ultralocal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English local

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocalFrom or in a nearby location; Having limited...
2Middle Englishlocal
3Late Latinlocalisbelonging to a place; local; Belong to a place;...
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus
6Proto-Italicstlokos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via English ultra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishultraExtreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical;...
2Latinultrābeyond
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus
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